CV

Contact Information

Name Marie Rickert
Professional Title Postdoctoral researcher and lecturer
Email marie.rickert@ru.nl
Location Houtlaan 4, Nijmegen, Gelderland 6525 XZ

Professional Summary

Interdisciplinary qualitative researcher working on social interaction, linguistic diversity, education, digital environments and language learning.

Experience

  • 2025 - present

    Nijmegen, NL

    0.2 FTE Lecturer
    Radboud University, Department of Language and Communication
    Teaching and course development
    • Teaching
    • Course development
  • 2024 - present

    Nijmegen, NL

    Postdoctoral researcher
    Radboud University, Centre for Language Studies and iHub
    Postdoctoral research on digital tools in language learning
    • Project - Digital Tools in Language Learning
    • Supervisor - Prof. Wyke Stommel
  • 2020 - 2024

    Maastricht, NL

    PhD candidate
    Maastricht University, Department of Literature and Arts
    Doctoral research on children’s and teachers’ language practices in linguistically diverse early childhood education and care
    • Project - “Shaping participation - Children’s and Teachers’ Language Practices in Linguistically Diverse Early Childhood Education and Care”.
    • Supervisors - Prof. Leonie Cornips, Prof. Gunther De Vogelaer and Dr. Christine Arnold
    • Funding - European Commission’s Marie-Curie COFUND program in the scope of the LIMES project
  • 2022 - 2023

    Amsterdam, NL

    Guest researcher
    KNAW Humanities Cluster, NL Lab
    Guest research appointment focused on grant writing and research dissemination
    • Grant writing
    • Research dissemination
  • 2021 - 2022

    Münster, DE

    Visiting Scholar
    University of Münster, Institute of Dutch Philology
    Visiting scholar appointment involving teaching and course development
    • Visiting scholar
    • Course development and teaching

Education

  • 2020 - 2024

    NL / DE

    PhD double degree
    Maastricht University and University of Münster
    Linguistic Anthropology
    • PhD awarded through Maastricht University, Department of Literature and Arts, and University of Münster, Institute of Dutch Philology
    • Thesis titled “Shaping participation – Linguistic Diversity in Early Childhood Education and Care” under the supervision of Prof. Leonie Cornips, Prof. Gunther De Vogelaer and Dr. Christine Arnold.
  • 2018 - 2019

    Amsterdam, NL

    MSc
    University of Amsterdam
    Social and Cultural Anthropology
    • Completed MSc in Social and Cultural Anthropology at the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences
    • Thesis titled “The threshold of Second Language Acquisition. Migrant’s liminal experiences of learning Dutch” under the supervision of Dr. Vincent de Rooij.
  • 2014 - 2017

    Bremen, DE

    BA
    University of Bremen
    Cultural Studies and Educational Sciences
    • Major in Cultural Studies and minor in Educational Sciences
    • Thesis titled “Everyday practices of translingual agency. An empirical anthropological analysis of French speaking migrants.”

Awards

  • 2024
    Workshop organization support
    Center for Language Studies, Radboud University

    For organization of a workshop of the Junior CA network.

  • 2024
    Symposium organization support
    LIMES, Maastricht University

    For organization of the symposium “Linguistic and Social Actors Across Contexts”.

  • 2023
    Honorary Mention at FASoS Valorization Prize
    Maastricht University

    For research dissemination to children

  • 2022
    Research Valorization Fund
    Maastricht University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

    For the creation of a children’s book as research dissemination

  • 2021
    DIA Stipend
    Duitslanddesk

    For fieldwork in a kindergarten in Germany

  • 2019
    Ibn Battuta Merit Scholarship for Peace and Diplomacy
    Ibn Battuta Merit Scholarship

    Full stipend for full time Arabic classes at Qalam wa Lahw Centre, Rabat, Morocco

  • 2015 to 2019
    German Academic Scholarship Foundation
    Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes

    Full student scholarship

Languages

German : C2
English : C2
Dutch : C2
French : C1
Arabic : B1

Interests

Interaction in education: Classroom interaction, ECEC, Digital environments
Social Interaction: Multimodality, Conversation Analysis, Ethnography
Positionality: Researcher identity, Reflexivity, Research ethics
Linguistic Diversity: Multilingualism, Language Ideologies, Language Policy, Language Socialization